The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP), has recommended an increment of prices for sachet and bottled water effective Friday, April 1, 2022.
The decision, according to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of NASPAWAP has been “necessitated by the rising cost of inputs, such as fuel and packaging materials which are mainly imported and produced from petroleum sources. At our previous review, the exchange rate of the dollar was in the region of GH₵6.50p, currently, it is inching up to GH₵8.50p.”
“Fuel which forms a major cost of distributing the products to the market centers has significantly gone up since our last review. It was GH₵6.50p per liter and now it is above GH₵11.00 per liter, which is averaging 69.2% change since Jan 1 2022 when the old prices were implemented” the Directorate of Corporate Affairs explained in a statement.
The association, therefore, recommended that 500ml bottles be retailed at GH₵2.00, and the 750ml bottles also retailed at GH₵2.50p whiles the 1.5ml is sold at GH₵3.50p.
According to the statement, a bag of sachet water, 500ml by 30 pieces, will now sell at GH₵6.00 maximum from the retail trucks. It noted the mini-shops will now retail a bag of sachet at GH₵6.00.
That notwithstanding, the association indicated that sachet water remains unchanged at GH₵40 pesewas.
